Southampton defender ‘on the agenda’, been going on for several years, growing list

To be clear, Cedric Soares to Barcelona really isn’t a big thing in the Catalan media. Barcelona very much need a right back but there’s easily 5, maybe 10, who have been linked more frequently and strongly than the Southampton player.

Potential Barcelona interest has of course caught the attention of the English media, and the story has dragged without any great reason for it to be hyped quite so much. That said, Catalan newspaper Sport refer to English claims Cedric is ‘on the agenda’ at Barcelona, and interestingly point out he’s been of interest for several years.

Back in 2015, we covered an article from Mundo Deportivo, another Catalan newspaper, which said Cedric, then at Sporting Lisbon, was one of a number of potential Barcelona targets.